92 THE FISHERIES OF THE ADRIATIC, 



the temperature of the water on the bed is low. It is in season all the 

 year round, but is caught exclusively by the Italian trawls from September 

 to March. Thirty thousand kilos are brought to market at Fiume, and sell 

 at 60-250 soldi per kilo ; it is exported to Trieste and the interior, also to 

 Venice and Chioggia. At Venice the tails fetch, in times of scarcity, as much 

 as 8 lire a kilo. The annual value of the fisheries may be given at ^2,000. x 



Lobsters [Astice) are found chiefly on the west coast of I stria, less 

 commonly in Dalmatia, on rocky shores in 7-15 fathoms; they are caught 

 with a trammel-net, or with a number of willow-basket traps (Alasse, Verse) 

 baited with sea -spiders or sardines, &c, or by night with the prong by 

 artificial illumination. The annual consumption at Trieste is 1,700 (a) 1-5 

 florins each ; a considerable number is also sent inland. The average catch 

 is about 30 thousand a year, valued at ,£2,000 ; these figures include the 

 Rock-lobster, Palimirtis vulgaris (Languste), which is caught in Dalmatia 

 from May to August, especially off the islands of Lesina, and Lissa ; near 

 Rogosnica, Sebenico, &c, as far as San Pietro, just south of the island of 

 Lussin. It is not caught further north. As food it is inferior to the lobster. 

 The annual consumption at Trieste is 2,000 at from 1-5 florins each, the 

 latter price when very fine. 



Dromia vulgaris (Fachino), of no importance and not abundant, is caught 

 near the shore. 



The Sea-spider, Maja squinado {Granzo or Granzon, male, Granztola, 

 female), is found on rocky beds along the whole coast of Istria, especially on the 

 west coast, near the islands of Ulbo and Selve, and as far south as the islands 

 of Incoronata; it is less abundant further south to Ragusa. In April 

 and May it is often met with in shoals in 2-|-io fathoms ; it is in season 

 from March to June. It is caught by the Sqticrnera, Popovnica or Volega 

 attached to a long pole, Gra7?ipa, Fiochia, and Ganzo. It has a good flavour, 

 and is much used as bait for sardines, and, in some waters, for catching the 



1 For illustrations of the Norway Lobster and the Rock Lobster (Palinurus vulgaris) consult 

 Prof. T. H. Huxley's monograph, "The Crayfish, an introduction to the study of Zoology." 

 London : Kegan Paul, t88o. 



